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suffragette

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40. Solly, every word you wrote sings truth.
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 04:33 AM
Jan 2017

I'm with you on hoping for better, but not expecting it.

I will continue to advocate for it and to support people when they strive for it, but I think it's apt that a featured video today showed Maxine Waters' short burst of frustration and anger after the meeting. I'm feeling that way and I think many are and she encapsulated the feeling.

I've been thinking lately about a key problem with addressing issues as basic as election fraud. It's that the people who would need to dig down into our system and identify systemic problems are the people who were just elected based on that system. That is the case no matter the party and a central problem with effecting major change there.

I can't add much to what you've said above except to agree and to be deeply grateful to you for expressing so well where we are at this moment and some of the reasons why we are here and why it is so dire.




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Lordy, lordy. Too many fingers in too many pies. Arkansas Granny Jan 2017 #1
Whenever Stone is involved, there is corruption. Always been the case. suffragette Jan 2017 #3
Stone!? Oh, yes. This may specifically be why Sessions is Hortensis Jan 2017 #46
naming the right names. mopinko Jan 2017 #2
Exactly. I think a question about Tillerson belongs there as well. No experience in governance suffragette Jan 2017 #4
The questions could unroll like an Egyptian scroll. colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #13
Kinda sucks to start a week before trump is inaugurated yeoman6987 Jan 2017 #5
Thank You. Why now? KittyWampus Jan 2017 #6
One reason could be to not give them time for a defense. colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #12
Good question. Wish I knew the answer. suffragette Jan 2017 #11
Comey is compromised and should not be leading anything. Solly Mack Jan 2017 #7
Agree. I keep thinking back on October and how the timing was planned. suffragette Jan 2017 #16
If he is a little mouse then all his actions are suspect. Solly Mack Jan 2017 #19
True that. And all we see are the surface actions, a bit like an iceberg. suffragette Jan 2017 #20
I worry that the people will be told less than what actually exist. Solly Mack Jan 2017 #24
We are so far from anything resembling accountability ThoughtCriminal Jan 2017 #25
I agree Solly Mack Jan 2017 #38
I think your worries are valid. suffragette Jan 2017 #26
But that's just it, as you said, it undermines the institutions. It turns people off. Solly Mack Jan 2017 #39
Solly, every word you wrote sings truth. suffragette Jan 2017 #40
K&R myrna minx Jan 2017 #8
Thanks Myrna. Appreciate the kick. suffragette Jan 2017 #17
Is Comey in collusion with Russia? kimbutgar Jan 2017 #9
I'd bet he's just power hungry, to have rethugs in charge so they can beat on us. n/t ffr Jan 2017 #14
Mole....nt 2naSalit Jan 2017 #15
K&R myrna minx Jan 2017 #10
Time has the audacity BadgerMom Jan 2017 #18
Welcome to DU. I don't agree with the writer in that. I do agree with the points I posted in OP. suffragette Jan 2017 #43
"incoming national security advisor Michael Flynn, a paid contributor to the Kremlin-financed colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #21
Was there ever an update as to what caused that? suffragette Jan 2017 #28
Not to my knowledge. colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #31
took over C span??? bdamomma Jan 2017 #30
For ten minutes. colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #32
Probably testing the channel colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #33
we can't trust benedict comey? pansypoo53219 Jan 2017 #22
k & r LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #23
K n r Achilleaze Jan 2017 #27
Comey can't be trusted bdamomma Jan 2017 #29
Agreed 100%. nt JoshinUtah Jan 2017 #34
Nope, nor whoever they would put in that office if he leaves. suffragette Jan 2017 #42
The same Comey who diligently prosecuted Martha Stewart over a "lie", doesn't care if Trump lies wishstar Jan 2017 #35
K&R Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #36
No, he should be fired and arrested. Initech Jan 2017 #37
We would still need an independent investigator since his replacement would be just as bad. suffragette Jan 2017 #44
We knew we weren't crazy! Cha Jan 2017 #41
Yep, not crazy to notice timing and corruption. suffragette Jan 2017 #45
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